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Joh 19:7. Νόμον, a law) A part of which was the commandment concerning the putting to death of blasphemers.-ὀφείλει, He ought) They hereby denote His guilt. Nay, but another ought (of which they were unconscious) was lurking beneath their words. Heb 2:17, “In all things it behoved Him (ὤφειλεν) to be made like unto His brethren,” etc.: [and therefore He ought to “destroy, through death, him that had the power of death,” for the sake of His ‘brethren,’ Joh 19:14.]-Θεοῦ Υἱὸν, God’s Son[387]) Pilate had called Him “the man,” Joh 19:5. The Jews seem to have fastened on this now.
[387] The margin of both Editions favours this order of the words; but the Germ. Version has “Zu einem Sohn Gottes.” However this very change in the order is subservient to the expressing of emphasis, which, according to the original order of the words in the text, falls on the word Θεοῦ, rather than on Υἱόν.-E. B. Only inferior authorities have the order Θεοῦ Υἱόν. ABabc Vulg. Origen and Cypr. have Υἱὸν Θεοῦ.-E. and T.